Healthcare's Sustainability Approach: Waste Reduction

Waste reduction has easily become a viable way for the healthcare industry to tackle sustainability.

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GSK Cuts Advil Bottles’ Plastic by 20% with New Tech
GSK implemented a new resin technology that offers similar protection to existing bottles while using less plastic and remaining recyclable. Learn more in this Take Five with Healthcare Packaging video.
Jun 11th, 2021
Burgopak Team Up with Holmen Iggesund and Thames Technology to Celebrate Earth Day and Plant a Tree in Your Name
Burgopak Team Up with Holmen Iggesund and Thames Technology to Celebrate Earth Day and Plant a Tree in Your Name
Burgopak packaging studio team up with Thames Technology and Holmen Iggesund to celebrate mutual endeavors to increase sustainability in the gift card industry.
Apr 22nd, 2021
“The healthcare sector is both a significant contributor to the global planetary health crisis and uniquely burdened by it,” says Practice Greenhealth’s “Why Sustainability” page.
30 Sustainability Stories in Healthcare Packaging
In honor of Earth Month, we round up thirty stories of varying lengths and topics in life sciences and personal care packaging sustainability.
Apr 22nd, 2021
Customers across the U.S. can now shop online at Loop by Ulta Beauty for beauty and personal care products in durable, sustainable packaging that can be returned for refill.
Ulta Unveils First-of-its-Kind Circular Beauty Packaging Platform
Beauty retailer Ulta partners with circular shopping platform Loop to develop an online site and system for consumers to order products in durable, reusable packaging that can be returned for refill and reuse.
Mar 9th, 2021
To help with growth in its life sciences and pharmaceutical business, Tribe Transportation is expanding its use of Carrier Transicold X4TM 7500 trailer refrigeration units supported by TRU-Mount solar panels.
Tribe Builds Fleet with Solar Panel-Equipped Refrigeration Units
Solar panels maintain refrigerator unit batteries and improve driver retention.
Mar 9th, 2021
Healthcare Packaging's Life Science Logistics Playbook
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Shipping temperature-controlled products? Get tips on preventing excursions and waste, developing a validation master plan, characterizing shipping lanes, and more.
Oct 17th, 2021
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Healthcare Packaging Embraces Sustainability
The packaging industry searches to provide solutions that addresses key trends in healthcare, cannabis, and food.
The design principles also align with Amcor’s objectives to develop more sustainable packaging and to collaborate to increase recycling rates worldwide.
Amcor with 35 Consumer Goods Companies Further Sustainability Efforts
Partnership implements initiatives to reduce plastic waste and use of materials that make it harder to recycle packaging; this moves Amcor’s 2025 goal for fully recyclable packaging forward.
Jan 11th, 2021
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Four Reasons Reusable Packaging Is the Best Prescription for Pharma
The Inner Loop–blog of the Reusable Packaging Association–releases its latest article on reusable packaging in the pharmaceutical industry and how COVID-19 has affected it.
Nov 17th, 2020
The hygienic design means that there should not be any cavities or dirt traps where unwanted material can get stuck.
Decade Products: New Hygienic Bin at PACK EXPO Connects
The Dolav 1120H Hygienic Bin is impact-resistant with a hygienic design.
Nov 16th, 2020
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Amcor Joins U.S. Plastics Pact to Advance Circular Economy Goals in the United States
The initiative designed to unify approaches to rethink the way plastics are designed, used, and reused.
Sep 2nd, 2020
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Oct 14th, 2021
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New UK Initiative to Develop the Next Generation Of Sustainable Composite Materials
A new initiative brings together the UK’s composites expertise to quickly turn research breakthroughs into industrial applications.
Jul 13th, 2020
Clariant ColorWorks applies IR-detectable black technology to make other dark colors more recyclable.
Clariant ColorWorks™ Applies IR-Detectable Black Technology to Make Other Dark Colors More Recyclable
New colorants eliminate the need for carbon black entirely, and opens opportunities for colors like extremely dark blues and greens.
Jun 23rd, 2020
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New Recycling Process Uses Enzymes to Break Down Plastics by 70%
The Enzplast2 project from Spain’s AIMPLAS focuses on the use of enzymes in the plastics sector to develop more sustainable processes, including separating multilayer packaging and improving biodegradation.
Jun 5th, 2020
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Reusable Packaging and Hygiene
The latest article from The Inner Loop, the Reusable Packaging Association's blog which explores the impact of reusable packaging on our planet - and our lives.
May 29th, 2020
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Toppan Develops Paper-Based Tube-Pouch to Reduce Plastic Use
Paper-based material for body of easy to squeeze tube-shaped pouch further reduces plastic volume.
May 26th, 2020
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Looking Ahead to New Packaging Material Innovation
Packaging engineers and product developers must work together to create new sustainable initiatives in packaging material innovation.
May 22nd, 2020
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Planning for Recovery Systems Change
There’s strong interest in implementing public policies for financing packaging end-of-life management, but are those proposals adequately addressing the real challenges?
Apr 27th, 2020
U.S. Needs to Up its Recycling Game
U.S. Needs to Up its Recycling Game
Germany leads the world with a recycling rate of 68%, but the U.S. doesn’t even make the top ten according to “2019 Trends and Advances in Food Packaging and Processing,” a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence.
Feb 4th, 2020
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Colgate-Palmolive is inviting European consumers to make toothbrushing part of their beauty ritual, with its new Elixir line of three toothpaste formulas in a striking PET package.
Colgate Toothpaste in PET Ushers in a ‘Frictionless Future’
The use of a recyclable, clear PET toothpaste bottle is enabled through the use of slippery coating on the inside of the container that allows the viscous product to be dispensed easily and completely.
Jun 28th, 2021
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5 Examples of Recycling Symbols on OTC Packages | E-comm Brand Adopts Durable Bottle with Subscription-Based Refill Format
Take Five Video: Healthcare packaging designers have to be creative with such small packaging, ensuring recycling symbols stand out but still fit and flow with the surrounding aesthetic. Also, coverage of Fatty15's packaging & subscription-based format.
Jun 25th, 2021
The latest undertaking within Markem-Imaje’s long-standing commitment to sustainability encourages the use of multi-purpose MEK-free inks which cut Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions by up to 50%.
Initiative Launched to Drive Sustainable, MEK-free Product Coding
The Project includes reforestation efforts in the Amazon to help recreate forest ecosystems and for local food security and income benefits.
Jun 16th, 2021
Love Beauty and Planet launched 16-oz reusable aluminum bottles and 32.3-oz 100% rPET refill bottles for two formulas of its shampoo and conditioner at Target in April 2021.
Love Beauty and Planet Debuts Reusable Aluminum Bottle
Unilever hair and skincare brand Love Beauty and Planet is the first major beauty brand to launch a reusable aluminum bottle for shampoo and conditioner for mass market.
Jun 16th, 2021
Beginning in June, Beiersdorf’s Nivea Naturally Good face care product range will be on the shelves in about 30 countries around the world in packaging made from this renewable polypropylene.
New Nivea Jars are Made from Bio-based Forestry Byproduct
Beiersdorf debuts polypropylene jars for its Nivea face cream that are made from tall oil—a byproduct of the forestry industry—to create petroleum-free, certified renewable plastic packaging.
May 26th, 2021
The Peach Body Care refill system comes in plastic-free, refillable body lotion and body balm stick formats that utilize clean and vegan formulas with 100% natural fragrances.
Plastic-Free Deodorant & Body Care Refill System Launched
A reusable aluminum case from Grove Collaborative is refilled with deodorant and body care balm sticks, also packaged in aluminum.
May 18th, 2021
A material change allows for a 20% reduction in material usage for HDPE Advil bottles while maintaining all critical performance characteristics of the bottle.
GSK’s Head of Sustainability on Advil Bottles’ 20% Plastic Reduction
The new material will reduce the amount of plastic in the environment by nearly 500,000 pounds. Sarah McDonald: “It was about seven years of work behind the scenes together with our partners on the materials side and on the manufacturing molding side.”
May 18th, 2021
GSK Consumer Healthcare commits to make over a billion toothpaste tubes recyclable by 2025 as part of its ongoing sustainability journey.
GSK Consumer Healthcare Commits to Make over a Billion Toothpaste Tubes Recyclable by 2025 as Part of its Ongoing Sustainability Journey
GSK Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) announced that it is partnering with two global packaging suppliers to launch fully recyclable toothpaste tubes across its specialist and science-based oral health brands including Sensodyne, parodontax and Aquafresh.
May 14th, 2021
Company’s Switzerland facilities are now fully powered by renewable electricity via hydroelectric power and an extensive new solar plant.
Hoffmann Neopac Makes Massive Green Energy Investment at Switzerland Packaging Plants
Company’s Switzerland facilities are now fully powered by renewable electricity via hydroelectric power and an extensive new solar plant.
May 13th, 2021
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Leading Food Companies to Receive Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
ProFood World is set to honor Conagra Brands, Smithfield Foods, B&G Foods, Liffey Meats, and Graphic Packaging International for outstanding sustainability achievements.
May 6th, 2021
New AmSky blister system represents a child-resistant and senior-friendly (CRSF) recyclable pharmaceutical package free of PVC.
Amcor: Recyclable Blister Packaging
New AmSky blister system eliminates PVC from blister packaging–designed to enable healthcare customers to improve the recyclability of their packaging. The system represents a child-resistant and senior-friendly (CRSF) recyclable pharmaceutical package.
Apr 29th, 2021
No automation needed to be replaced with the switch from PET to aluminum, which was good news for Nature’s Baby. The existing filling line is capable of handling the new aluminum bottles with limited adjustments.
Organic Baby Shampoo & Conditioner Brand is Latest of its Ilk to Go All-In for Aluminum
Nature’s Baby Organics is another recent entry in the shift away from plastic, and toward aluminum, for packaging of personal care and bath products, particularly specialty products with elements like vegan, organic, or cruelty-free.
Apr 13th, 2021